Learn about bats; Library fundraiser; Blues concert

Children of all ages and their families are invited to see live bats and learn about their unique cave ecosystems at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road. The audience will meet four cave dwelling bats including the mysterious vampire bat.

Registration is limited to 125. To sign up for this free program, call the Youth Reference Desk at 248-246-3725.

Library fundraiser at Noodles

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Everyone is encouraged to go to Noodles & Company, 470 S. Main St. from 4-9 p.m. Wednesday. Place a dine in or takeout order, mention the Friends of the Royal Oak Public Library, and Noodles & Company will donate 25 percent of the sale to the Friends.

For more information, contact the restaurant at 248-549-7700 or the library at 248-246-3700.

Miner Sam makes a visit

At 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road, children ages 5 and up can meet Miner Sam, who will share stories and songs about his work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, copper mines of Michigan and gold mines of California.

Registration is limited to 100. Visit ropl.org or call the Youth Reference Desk at 248-246-3725 to sign up for this free program.

SOUTHFIELD

Jazz and blues concert

Heather Jones & Jones’n are the featured musical talent at the Jazz and Blues program at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road.

Jones and her band perform diverse musical selections infused with rockin’ blue collar grit and soul. Her voice recalls the great classic soul singers of yesteryear.

Jones and her band — Donny Jones on lead guitar and vocals, Randy Dunckley on bass, and LaNerrick Harris on drums — have performed all over the state for seven years.

There is a $5 admission charge and children under age 12 are admitted free. Show your Friends of the Southfield Public Library membership card to receive a discount. The series is sponsored by the Friends of the Southfield Public Library and the Detroit Blues Society.

U.S. Representative Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, has announced 1,200 veterans and their families in Greater Detroit will receive support to find or remain in their homes from the Department of Veterans Affairs Support Services for Veteran Families Program.

Through the VA, Southwest Counseling Solutions, Neighborhood Legal Services, Volunteers of America Michigan, and the Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency will receive $4,179,386 in grants to bolster their efforts supporting Michigan homeless and at-risk veterans and their families.

“Our veterans answered the call to serve our nation, and we must uphold our promise to them and ensure they have the support they’ve earned transitioning to civilian life,” said Peters, who served in the U.S. Navy Reserve for more than a decade where he earned a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist designation and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander.